Kevin S Carroll
Biographic Data
| ID | 170133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin S Carroll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin S |
| FAMILY NAME | Carroll |
| SIGNATURE | CARROLL K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5948-8843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Beyond the binary
Bilingual education in the public schools of Puerto Rico
Introduction to special issue
This introduction to our special issue surveys some of the current work undertaken by scholars on the island of Puerto Rico and abroad that document the language forms, uses, and ideologies of language in the U.S. territory. We provide the "total linguistic fact" (Silverstein 1985) of what it means to speak English and Spanish in Puerto Rico, Census projections of language use, self-reported data and actual documented work on the form and social …
Future doctors in training
As the de facto language of science, English proficiency often serves as a gatekeeper for aspiring medical students in Puerto Rico because they encounter English-language instruction, textbooks, and high-stakes standardized tests throughout their studies. Employing ethnographic research methods, this case study documents the language practices in an Evolution course at a bilingual Puerto Rican university, which was cotaught by two non-Puerto Rica…
English‐medium policy and English conversational patterns in the UAE
English‐medium policies in the Arabian Gulf have generated interest in the development of a Gulf variety of English. This study, located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), uses ethnographic methods and current understandings of translanguaging and English language variation (García & Wei, 2014; Mahboob, 2014; Pakir, 1991, 2004), to describe a range of conversational patterns supported by English in – and around – a higher educational conte…
Language threat in the United Arab Emirates? Unpacking domains of language use
The United Arab Emirates' economic and population growth within the past 30 years has led to a vibrant country where linguistic, cultural and religious diversity is the norm. Nevertheless, as Arabic-speaking Emiratis comprise approximately 10-15% of the country's residents, academics and Emiratis themselves have questioned the level to which Arabic is threatened in the country. Given the use of English in many domains outside of the home, coupled…
Triglossia and promoting Arabic literacy in the United Arab Emirates
In response to globalisation, the United Arab Emirates has invested tremendous resources into their budding education system. Such investment has resulted in the increased use of a bilingual curriculum where Arabic and English are held in high regard. Unfortunately, such investment has not resulted in successful Arabic literacy among much of the Emirati youth. This paper uses a 15-item, open-ended questionnaire completed in Arabic by Emirati pare…
Language Policy in Puerto Rico's Higher Education
This paper investigates the relationship between meso university language policies in Puerto Rico and their micro instantiations in an undergraduate psychology classroom. We describe a typology of language policies used by 38 universities and campuses in Puerto Rico where their openness allows for flexible implementation of everyday micro policy. We then focus our attention on a linguistic ethnography of a psychology course where translanguaging …
Translanguaging in Higher Education
This book examines translanguaging in higher education and provides clear examples of what translanguaging looks like in practice in particular contexts around the world. Chapters show how the use of translanguaging practices allows students and professors to build on their linguistic repertoires to more effectively learn content.
Using university students’ L1 as a resource
Framed within Ruiz’s language-as-resource orientation, this article uses data from a college ESL classroom where a translanguaging approach was used for the teaching of a novel. After defining key terms, the article describes the linguistic context of higher education in Puerto Rico and its influence on one instructor’s Basic English course. Using qualitative inquiry throughout a month-long unit, the researchers describe a bilingual instructor’s …
Language policies in Puerto Rican higher education
This paper describes the language policies at 38 institutions of higher education on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. As a commonwealth of the US, Spanish and English hold co-official status on Puerto Rico despite the fact that majority of islanders use Spanish as their first language. Given the colonial status of the island, English has held a privileged role in higher education where institutional policies have allowed professors to teach i…
Language maintenance in the Caribbean
This paper uses a case study approach to understand how perceptions of language threat have worked to maintain local language practices on the islands of Aruba and Puerto Rico. Through document analysis, interviews with key players in language policy and planning efforts as well as participant observation, this paper explains the historical build-up of the perception that Papiamento and Spanish, respectively, are in some way threatened. In additi…
Language policies in Puerto Rican higher education
This paper describes the language policies at 38 institutions of higher education on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. As a commonwealth of the US, Spanish and English hold co-official status on Puerto Rico despite the fact that majority of islanders use Spanish as their first language. Given the colonial status of the island, English has held a privileged role in higher education where institutional policies have allowed professors to teach i…
Language Policy in Puerto Rico's Higher Education
This paper investigates the relationship between meso university language policies in Puerto Rico and their micro instantiations in an undergraduate psychology classroom. We describe a typology of language policies used by 38 universities and campuses in Puerto Rico where their openness allows for flexible implementation of everyday micro policy. We then focus our attention on a linguistic ethnography of a psychology course where translanguaging …
Triglossia and promoting Arabic literacy in the United Arab Emirates
In response to globalisation, the United Arab Emirates has invested tremendous resources into their budding education system. Such investment has resulted in the increased use of a bilingual curriculum where Arabic and English are held in high regard. Unfortunately, such investment has not resulted in successful Arabic literacy among much of the Emirati youth. This paper uses a 15-item, open-ended questionnaire completed in Arabic by Emirati pare…
Language threat in the United Arab Emirates? Unpacking domains of language use
The United Arab Emirates' economic and population growth within the past 30 years has led to a vibrant country where linguistic, cultural and religious diversity is the norm. Nevertheless, as Arabic-speaking Emiratis comprise approximately 10-15% of the country's residents, academics and Emiratis themselves have questioned the level to which Arabic is threatened in the country. Given the use of English in many domains outside of the home, coupled…
Using university students’ L1 as a resource
Framed within Ruiz’s language-as-resource orientation, this article uses data from a college ESL classroom where a translanguaging approach was used for the teaching of a novel. After defining key terms, the article describes the linguistic context of higher education in Puerto Rico and its influence on one instructor’s Basic English course. Using qualitative inquiry throughout a month-long unit, the researchers describe a bilingual instructor’s …
Language maintenance in the Caribbean
This paper uses a case study approach to understand how perceptions of language threat have worked to maintain local language practices on the islands of Aruba and Puerto Rico. Through document analysis, interviews with key players in language policy and planning efforts as well as participant observation, this paper explains the historical build-up of the perception that Papiamento and Spanish, respectively, are in some way threatened. In additi…
Language maintenance in the Caribbean
This paper uses a case study approach to understand how perceptions of language threat have worked to maintain local language practices on the islands of Aruba and Puerto Rico. Through document analysis, interviews with key players in language policy and planning efforts as well as participant observation, this paper explains the historical build-up of the perception that Papiamento and Spanish, respectively, are in some way threatened. In additi…
Translanguaging in Higher Education
This book examines translanguaging in higher education and provides clear examples of what translanguaging looks like in practice in particular contexts around the world. Chapters show how the use of translanguaging practices allows students and professors to build on their linguistic repertoires to more effectively learn content.
Using university students’ L1 as a resource
Framed within Ruiz’s language-as-resource orientation, this article uses data from a college ESL classroom where a translanguaging approach was used for the teaching of a novel. After defining key terms, the article describes the linguistic context of higher education in Puerto Rico and its influence on one instructor’s Basic English course. Using qualitative inquiry throughout a month-long unit, the researchers describe a bilingual instructor’s …
Language policies in Puerto Rican higher education
This paper describes the language policies at 38 institutions of higher education on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. As a commonwealth of the US, Spanish and English hold co-official status on Puerto Rico despite the fact that majority of islanders use Spanish as their first language. Given the colonial status of the island, English has held a privileged role in higher education where institutional policies have allowed professors to teach i…
Triglossia and promoting Arabic literacy in the United Arab Emirates
In response to globalisation, the United Arab Emirates has invested tremendous resources into their budding education system. Such investment has resulted in the increased use of a bilingual curriculum where Arabic and English are held in high regard. Unfortunately, such investment has not resulted in successful Arabic literacy among much of the Emirati youth. This paper uses a 15-item, open-ended questionnaire completed in Arabic by Emirati pare…
Language Policy in Puerto Rico's Higher Education
This paper investigates the relationship between meso university language policies in Puerto Rico and their micro instantiations in an undergraduate psychology classroom. We describe a typology of language policies used by 38 universities and campuses in Puerto Rico where their openness allows for flexible implementation of everyday micro policy. We then focus our attention on a linguistic ethnography of a psychology course where translanguaging …
Language threat in the United Arab Emirates? Unpacking domains of language use
The United Arab Emirates' economic and population growth within the past 30 years has led to a vibrant country where linguistic, cultural and religious diversity is the norm. Nevertheless, as Arabic-speaking Emiratis comprise approximately 10-15% of the country's residents, academics and Emiratis themselves have questioned the level to which Arabic is threatened in the country. Given the use of English in many domains outside of the home, coupled…
Future doctors in training
As the de facto language of science, English proficiency often serves as a gatekeeper for aspiring medical students in Puerto Rico because they encounter English-language instruction, textbooks, and high-stakes standardized tests throughout their studies. Employing ethnographic research methods, this case study documents the language practices in an Evolution course at a bilingual Puerto Rican university, which was cotaught by two non-Puerto Rica…
English‐medium policy and English conversational patterns in the UAE
English‐medium policies in the Arabian Gulf have generated interest in the development of a Gulf variety of English. This study, located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), uses ethnographic methods and current understandings of translanguaging and English language variation (García & Wei, 2014; Mahboob, 2014; Pakir, 1991, 2004), to describe a range of conversational patterns supported by English in – and around – a higher educational conte…
Bilingual education in the public schools of Puerto Rico
Introduction to special issue
This introduction to our special issue surveys some of the current work undertaken by scholars on the island of Puerto Rico and abroad that document the language forms, uses, and ideologies of language in the U.S. territory. We provide the "total linguistic fact" (Silverstein 1985) of what it means to speak English and Spanish in Puerto Rico, Census projections of language use, self-reported data and actual documented work on the form and social …
Beyond the binary
Multilingual Education and Policy (12 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Translanguaging (5 works)